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The United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) was established on 1 January 2006 to coordinate effectively with the UN system in Sierra Leone to help the country consolidate peace and assist the Government of Sierra Leone in strengthening the capacity of State institutions, rule of law, human rights, and the security sector; accelerate the Millennium Development Goals; improve transparency; and build capacity to hold free and fair elections in 2007. UNIOSIL has succeeded a large UN peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone , the UN Assistance Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), which was deployed from October 1999 to December 2005 when it successfully completed its mandate.
In furtherance of these objectives, UNIOSIL, in collaboration with the government, has developed a peace consolidation strategy that is being implemented jointly with the government, the UN Country Team and development partners. Human Rights and Rule of Law has been identified as one of the key pillars of the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF).
The mandate of the UNIOSIL Human Rights and Rule of Law Section includes assisting the Government in 1) building the capacity of institutions combating the root causes of the conflict, 2) establishing the National Human Rights Commission; 3) developing a national Action Plan for human rights ; and 4) strengthening the rule of law, including by developing the independence and the capacity of the justice system.
In furtherance of this mandate, OHCHR, jointly with UNAMSIL, the Government of Sierra Leone, and the UN Country Team organized a three-day Human Rights Stakeholders Conference in Freetown , from 6 to 8 December 2005 to review the human rights situation in the country. The Conference assessed the successes, challenges, and constraints and identified a number of priority human rights challenges in four thematic areas: i) legislative development and legal reform; ii) implementation of recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report; iii) institutional development; and iv) capacity building
Building upon the foundation laid by UNAMSIL, UNIOSIL will consolidate the creation of a culture of respect for human rights and the rule of law through human rights education. To detect early warning signals and prevent a relapse to violence, UNIOSIL will monitor the human rights situation in the country and periodically report on them to the appropriate institutions of government with the view of taking the appropriate corrective actions.
No foundation for peace and stability can be laid in a country emerging from conflict if it is not grounded on respect for the rule of law. UNIOSIL Human Rights Section will assist in strengthening the rule of law, promote the independence of the judiciary, and enhance the capacity of the police and correction systems in conformity with international standards and principles. In this regard, UNIOSIL will facilitate the ratification and domestication of relevant international human rights treaties by government; harmonize existing legislation with international standards; enhance compliance with the reporting obligation of the Government under human rights treaty bodies; and improve access to justice.
The implementation of the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is crucial to the consolidation of peace in Sierra Leone . UNIOSIL Human Rights and Rule of Law Section will provide technical support to the government of Sierra Leone for the implementation of the recommendations of the TRC; facilitate wide dissemination and sensitization on the TRC Report; and facilitate the establishment of a "Trust Fund" for the implementation of the reparations program.
A national Human Rights Commission established.
A national Action Plan for human rights formulated.
Key recommendations of the TRC implemented.
Rule of Law strengthened and access to justice improved.
Increased respect for women's rights, child rights and the rights of vulnerable groups.
National capacity for the promotion and protection of human rights strengthened
National reconciliation promoted.
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Pssst: don't tell anyone. Sneaking this post in before Techie Buzz gets blocked for posting articles that threaten the unity or integrity of the country, and before my free speech right is taken away because I have been blasphemous in a secular country. Yes, I will be clapped in irons because one of my posts deals grossly harmfuldamage on some entity of the Indian nation like calling him enna rascilla!and I will be put to trial for reading Wikileaks because that threatens friendly relations with foreign states. These are the kinds of clauses in the new Internet Control Laws which might soon become Internet Control Acts. You can download the original PDF of the Law here.
As MediaNama reports with righteous anger, it appears that these laws have been made specifically to curb free speech, instead of aiding and abetting free speech. It seems that in this country, free speech is a curse that must be lifted bit-by-bit by the bureaucracy in order to make life easier for them since once the Laws (especially this one) are turned to Acts, there is very little chance of recourse. It also seems that whenever the lawmakers make these laws, they make sure it is so ambiguous that everything can be turned against the alleged perpetrators.
While the number of IT crimes are on a rise these days and unethical cracking is a menace, curbing the free speech rights and making ambiguous laws against such crimes is definitely not the answer. For what it's worth, I believe the MPs need to use the internet and see the differences between the knowledge part of the internet with its free and unadulterated sharing of free knowledge and very easily accessible, and the seedier parts of the internet which are accessible only to those with an already criminal intent, and make their laws according to their observations.
That, or a huge proportion of us internet-using Indians need to stand for elections next year.

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Happy fourth of July! This is a great recipe for those lacking time to prepare for their July 4th festivities. These strawberries are fun, patriotic, and taste even better than they look (according to one of my tasters). Enjoy!
Fourth of July Strawberries
adapted from The Girl Who Ate Everything
2 lbs. strawberries
10 oz. white chocolate
1-2 tsp canola oil
1-2 tsp canola oil
Blue sprinkles or sugar crystals (I ran out of blue sprinkles and finished my batch with multicolor nonpareils)Wax or parchment paper
Wash and dry the strawberries. While the strawberries are drying pour out your sprinkles into a wide, but deep cup or small bowl.
Heat the white chocolate in the microwave in 30 second intervals until completely melted. Pour in the canola oil, as needed. Mix to combine and make sure it is smooth.
Now take your strawberries one by one and dip them into the chocolate, then roll the tips into the sprinkles. Place the strawberries on wax or parchment paper to dry.


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Cardinals advance to postseason in quest for 12th world championship
ST. LOUIS – October 3, 2012 – Having secured one of the two National League Wild Card spots, the Cardinals are in the postseason for the 24th time in franchise history with an opportunity to repeat as World Champions.
While the team's 11th World Championship required winning eleven postseason games, the Cardinals will need twelve postseason victories in their quest for a 12th World Championship in 2012 (#12in12). The postseason path to a championship is not only longer for the Cardinals, it promises to be dramatic given MLB's new single-elimination Wild Card format.
The new Wild Card format pits the two teams with the best record who didn't win their division in a sudden death match up. The winning team advances to the Division Series, while the season will be over for the losing team. The Cardinals will face the Braves in Atlanta on Friday October 5th (Game Time TBD). If the Cardinals win the Wild Card game, they will host the first two National League Division Series games at Busch Stadium on Sunday October 7th and Monday October 8th. Tickets are currently available for both games, with prices starting at $25.
The new Postseason format is the first change to the MLB Postseason format since the six-division, eight-team structure was adopted before the 1994 season. The new Wild Card format allows two more teams into the Postseason than previous years, while simultaneously rewarding Division winners for their success throughout the 162-game regular season and maintaining the most exclusive Postseason in professional sports. Tickets are available 24 hours a day at cardinals.com and the Busch Stadium Ticket Office, and also via phone at 314-345-9000 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.


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You guys are the reason I spent several days on the road in late October, loading my car with cookies, the elusive iced brownies, nutty fingers and cream horns. (Um, thanks.)
In January, Bill Addison wrote a piece on Southern bakeries for Southern Living magazine. To my surprise, there were no local bakeries on the list. So I wrote a blog post and threw it open to you, the readers: Where would you send Southern Living to taste bakeries around here?
I figured I might get a baker's dozen replies or so. To my surprise, I got 53, a long list of bakeries from Harrisburg to Pineville. There was a roundup of Charlotte favorites, of course -- Amelie's and Nona's, Tizzerts and Suarez. All fine bakeries.
But what really caught my attention were the small-town places. I can't believe in all these years, no one told me about the wonders of the Albemarle Sweet Shop's clown cookies (above) or the cheese rings at Carswell in Rock Hill. Or the pecan pie cupcake "under glass" (right) at Just Baked, in a comfortable old house in Cornelius.
My editors and I agreed that a bakery tour of the countryside was in order. The result was today's story.
Now, I knew the whole time that there would be more bakeries than I could possibly include. And everybody has their own standard for how to pick a bakery. Before I hit the road, I wrote out my own Sweet-Stuff Manifesto, what I was looking for in a good small-town bakery:
So, what about you? What places did I miss? Is there another Albemarle Sweet Shop hiding out there? Post a comment and let me know. I'm always looking for an excuse to hit the road.


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You know when you babysit a kid, and then their family moves away and 15 years later you run into him and he's a full-on adult? That's how I felt watching this clip of Aaron Paul.
Clearly, marriage suits him very well. He looks happy and grown-up – he's been busy with Need for Speed since the last episodes Breaking Bad wrapped and has a huge amount of press to do before the August 11 premiere date.
In this very funny Conan clip, he talks a lot about swears. Growing up with a minister for a father and saying "F-U Man" in his mid-20s instead of the traditional "F-ck you", now people yell "Bitch!" at him as a term of endearment. And he yells back!
Of course, bitch is Jesse's thing: "Gatorade me, bitch!" "Yeah bitch! Magnets!" It's not just on the street – I've seen people asking for the Jesse Pinkman treatment on Twitter, too. Aaron will "Bitch" as many people as he can (even husbands who want it for their wives – my husband would totally do that). Yes this is funny and great, not just because people want to be called bitch, but because he's legitimately enthusiastic about.
As we've seen time and again, many actors (and musicians) want to turn away from the very role or song or catchphrase that made them famous. They don't want to be pigeonholed, or tied down to something that stifles their artistic growth. Aaron has no such qualms, probably for two reasons: 1. He's grateful for being Jesse and 2. If you are going to be tied to a show or character forever, you could do a hell of a lot worse than Jesse Pinkman and Breaking Bad.
Am I totally naïve to think that 10 years from now, Aaron will still be ok with the occasional "Bitch!"? Unless time and success turn him from Hugh Jackman to Bruce Willis, he seems like the type who would always take it with a smile (even when he doesn't necessarily feel like it).
August 11, Bitches! If Lainey gets a screener, I will kidnap Marcus or Barney until she hands it over.
(Here's a new mash-up trailer from Comic Con – beware MAJOR SPOILERS. Also attached, Aaron and the Breaking Bad cast at the premiere this week.


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You might not be in Augusta, but there's no reason you can't be in on this weekend's golf action. Especially if you get your hands on the Official Masters Tournament app.
What does it do?
This app is filled to the brim with Masters info. Forget the genteel golf clap. With this app, you can hoop and holler all you want, while watching a livestream of CBS's full coverage in HD. You can also get biographical information about players, follow scoring in real time, check out highlights from the Masters, and relive historic moments from tournaments past.
Why do we like it?
The Masters app includes seven live feeds from some of the best parts of the tournament, which means you're not stuck with the view on your television. You can watch Tiger tee off from Amen Corner (holes 11, 12, and 13) and view the competition as they tackle the 15th and 16th. There's also an in-depth channel that spotlights the high-points from Augusta. And two channels follow the major competitors as they duke it out on the back nine.
Live scoring on the Leader Board lets you see who's in the running to win the coveted green jacket. Drop yourself right on the Augusta National course with the photo gallery and a course overview that includes flyover videos and par and yardage info for each hole.
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"The success of the RootsCamp...helps explain the yawning digital divide between the two parties... RootsCamp has served as a crash course in best practices for thousands of lefties."
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In the past, participants have come from all over the country, and even around the globe. We've had data geeks from the biggest national campaigns trading lessons learned with field innovators from school board races in Pittsburgh. Or climate change organizers from Switzerland sharing best practices with marriage equality advocates from Maine. It's all there and the more people we have, the more ideas will get turned into world-changing campaigns!
It's also a rare opportunity for D.C. insiders to interact directly with people fighting on the front lines, and a unique space to begin an honest discussion about what worked, what didn't, and how we grow stronger together.
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Your perspective is unique. Whether you develop and lead a session, or simply participate in the conversation, we hope you'll come and share your experiences, knowledge and skills. You won't just be networking and attending discussions: you'll be helping define our work over the coming years by sharing the lessons you learned this year.
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Farmingdale State - 73, St. Joseph's - 53
Patchogue, N.Y. - Junior guard Camille Romero (Queens, N.Y.) tied her career-high with 29 points as Farmingdale State earned a 73-53 win at St. Joseph's on Wednesday night. The Rams improved to 14-8 overall and 11-1 in the Skyline, while the Golden Eagles fell to 2-20, 2-10.
The Rams jumped out to a 9-0 lead and did not allow St. Joe's to score their first field goal of the game until the 14:10 mark.
Farmingdale State led 17-12 and used an 8-3 run to extend the advantage to 25-15 with 5:04 left to play in the first half. The Rams took a 31-22 lead into the break as Romero led the way with 15 points.
Six straight Farmingdale State points to start the second half quickly increased the lead to 15. The Golden Eagles closed within 11, 45-34, but eight unanswered gave the Rams their leagest lead of the game at 53-34.
St. Joe's could only cut the deficit to 14 late in the game as the Rams earned the 20-point road victory.
Romero scored her game-high 29 on 10-of-18 shooting, including a perfect 9-for-9 from the free-throw line, while senior forward Lushanta Savadel (Bellport, N.Y.) tallied a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Senior forward Danielle Hamlin (Centereach, N.Y.) scored 20 points, had 11 boards and four assists for the Golden Eagles.
Farmingdale State next will travel to Old Westbury on Friday, February 21st at 6:00 p.m.


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If you are contemplating selling your business in the state of California, it may interest you to know that business sales for 2013 were up from 2012. Selling a business is a big and sometimes difficult decision. Even so, many business owners find this recent increase in sales to be quite comforting, especially if they want some security to know that there is a stronger market out there for selling. In fact, many potential buyers hope that these positive numbers will induce more businesses on the fence about listing their business will knowing that the market is in a healthier place for business sales in the state.
Small Business Sales Increase in California
The rate of small business sale has increased throughout the Golden State. In 2012, reports show that 14,368 small business operations were sold in total. In 2013, that number grew to 14,764 completed sale transactions. Of course, experts suggest that the increase may not be felt as substantially in some counties as others, which is typically to be expected, but that overall these good numbers reflect a new trend in upward sales that is likely to continue in 2014. Many factors appear to be linked to the increase, but one of the main reasons why these sales are going through is because buyers have better access to funding sources.
Sales in Large Counties Mixed
Some of California's largest counties may not be feeling the increase yet, but that likelihood could change as more California businesses may be hitting the market for sale in 2014. Certainly, large counties like Los Angeles County are hoping to see more sales as a thriving business-for-sale market is a strong indication of an overall strong economy. Increased business sales are linked to better job growth too. The increase is doubly important in light of the fact that the state was losing businesses at a rate of about five percent.
What is Triggering the Rise?
While better access to money is at the heart of the increase, there may be other factors involved. For instance, experts believe that an improving house market as well as an improved stock market may also be supporting the increase in California business sales. Many small business owners also appeared to be waiting to list their business for sale in California until the market began to shape up.
Do You Have a California Business for Sale or Want to Buy One?
Increases or decreases aside, it can help the process of buying and selling to contract with a business broker. Their services can help viable buyers and sellers to sync up more quickly and effectively. Business brokers stay current with the sale market and understand the ins and outs of the buying and selling process. Their expertise can certainly impact the nature of the sale and the time frame in which a sale can be made. Contact a business broker if you plan to sell your California business or hope to purchase one.


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Bell's big drive powers Bisons win
Bubba Bell's pinch-hit, bases-clearing double capped a four-run eighth inning rally as the Bisons won their third in a row, 7-6, over Durham Saturday night at Coca-Cola Field.
Zach Lutz hit a solo home run to lead off the eighth before Valentino Pascucci, Jesus Feliciano and Luis Figueroa (another pinch hittter) loaded with bases with singles against reliever Adam Russell. Bell then stepped to the plate in plate against Rob Delaney and launched a ball to left-center field.
"I've had a lot of AB's against Delaney before and I knew that I wanted to jump on something early," Bell said. "He left a good pitch out there that I could jump on and you don't want to face him late because he's got some good secondary stuff."
Manager Tim Teufel complemented Bell and Figueroa's abilities to come off the bench in key situations.
"The toughest thing to do in baseball is to pinch hit," Teufel said. "You're cold, you're off the bench, you try to get loose."
Friday, the Herd rallied to tie Syracuse in the eighth and win in the ninth. Saturday, they came back for a win with three runs in the seventh.
"We feel great," Bell said. "Any time you can get a win it feels great, but I think that we've been playing a lot better than what our record's shown lately. We've just had a couple bumps in the road late in games and right now we're able to lock them down."
John Lujan struck out John Matulia, and forced ground-outs by Ray Olmedo and Tim Beckham for his second save.
Durham took an early lead with three runs on four first-inning hits, including Leslie Anderson's two-run double.
After three shutout innings from starter Alez Torres, Pascucci evened the score with one swing, launching a homer to left field with Josh Satin and Zach Lutz on base.
"Pascucci got us back in the game," Teufel said. "And then we scrapped from there."
Pascucci, who went 3-for-3, increased his team-leading total to 18 homers and tied Scranton's Jorge Vazquez for the International League lead with 82 RBIs.
The Bulls took back the lead in the fifth on Stephen Vogt's triple.
Starter Chris Schwinden took a no-decision, allowing four earned runs on seven hits over five innings with a walk and four strikeouts.
"He got off to a little shaky start, but then he started feeling it again," Teufel said. "He started making quality pitches and got some ground ball outs and he took us as far as we wanted him to go tonight."
Up with Satin and Lutz on again, Pascucci walked to load the bases with no outs in the sixth, but Torres retired the next three batters, including two strikeouts to hold the lead.
In his first game off of the disabled list, Durham's Brandon Guyer doubled twice, went 3-for-4 and scored after each hit, including in the eighth, when Vogt picked up his second RBI on a double.
Reliever Justin Hampson, who pitched a one-run eighth, earned the win.
Game Notes: The streak give the Bisons three consecutive one-run wins for the first time since July 16-18, 2010, all against Gwinnett… Of Durham's 10 hits, seven went for extra bases… Buffalo's Mystery Ball promotion of 500 autographed baseballs from famous athletes and celebrities benefitting Hunter's Hope sold out in 53 minutes.


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I'll Be Your Mirror
Candice Breitz's current exhibition "Candice Breitz: Same Same" at The Power Plant in Toronto includes the premiere of the first works in Factum, a series commissioned by the gallery. Named after a pair of paintings by Robert Rauchenberg, Factum I and Factum II (both 1957), that appear indistinguishable but reveal differences on closer inspection, Breitz's Factum consists of interviews with identical twins, found by placing ads on craigslist in Toronto and in the city's alternative weekly. Each set of twins appears side by side one another on matching monitors, hung portrait-style. Breitz spoke to each sibling separately about their lives, but using similar questions, then edited the discussions so the pair's words and gestures play off one another, highlighting both parallels and departures. The college-age Kang sisters, for example, diverge when discussing whether one twin has had a tendency to look up to the other, while a set of seventy-something siblings tell complementary stories of getting not-quite-matching rounds of plastic surgery over the years. Each piece runs roughly an hour, feeling like deftly structured documentaries unto themselves.
Prior to the opening of Same Same—her first major solo survey in North America—Breitz gave a sneak preview of a few freshly-edited examples from Factum at the Toronto Film Festival in a talk called "The Origins of Factum," part of the festival's Future Projections sidebar, which focuses on the intersections of cinema and the visual arts. In addition to a discussion with TIFF co-director Noah Cowan, Breitz screened a number of clips from cinematic works that informed the creation of her latest work. The following are excerpts from a transcript of her talk, including three of the films she screened. - Ed Halter
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Eleven Evocations (For Paper Rad)
The following essay was first published in the catalog for the exhibition curated by Raphael Gygax "Deterioration, They Said" which is on view at the migros museum für gegenwartskunst in Zurich, Switzerland until November 8, 2009.
1. The popular dissemination of magical worlds has ultimately shifted from folk tales to children's television. Paper Rad takes back this process from commercial channels, creating their own ever-shifting cosmos populated by robots, spaceships, monsters, talking animals, giants and wizards.
Like H. P. Lovecraft or J.R.R. Tolkein, Paper Rad created their own mythos, a set of characters that jointly share a fantasy world. Like Warner Brothers or Disney, Paper Rad circulate their creations across media—websites, comics, animated videos, sculptures, screen prints—thereby establishing themselves as the creators of both an imaginary alternative universe and an audio-visual brand.
After the Amateur: Notes
Film, video and photography once fell easily into two categories: professional or amateur. Professionals mastered their crafts, often through guild-like programs of training, and sought to make a living from their abilities. Amateurs learned on their own, or through informal clubs of like-minded aficionados, and pursued their arts for reasons other than money or wide-ranging prestige. Professionals pursued careers. Amateurs pursued hobbies.
White Box Testing
Addressing the American Association of Museums in 1941, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, then curator at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, put forth a fundamental question: "What is an Art Museum for?" He proposes that the answer is contained in the term "curator," which implies that "the first and most essential function of such a Museum is to take care of ancient or unique works of art which are no longer in their original places or no longer used as originally intended, and are therefore in danger of destruction by neglect or otherwise." Significantly, Coomaraswamy's concept downplays one curatorial activity otherwise taken for granted today: "This care of works of art," he writes, "does not necessarily involve their exhibition" but if an institution does choose to exhibit works, "this is to be done with an educational purpose." Moreover, he adds, "it is unnecessary for Museums to exhibit the works of living artists, which are not in immanent danger of destruction."
Coomaraswamy's antediluvian pronouncements, predating both the development of the modern computer and the institutional embrace of contemporary art, nonetheless provide a way to think about the assumptions underlying the twelve essays in Christiane Paul's collection New Media in the White Cube and Beyond: Curatorial Models for Digital Art, recently published by UC Press. For even if Coomaraswamy's skepticism about the value of exhibiting living artists now strikes us as thoroughly outdated, his general concerns continue to inform the questions posed by Paul and her contributors. For new media, the problem of how to deal with artworks "no longer in their original places or no longer used as originally intended" remains salient -- albeit for technological rather than antiquarian reasons -- and all of Paul's essayists propose some version of what necessary "educational purpose" curators of new media must embrace.
Get it? An Interview with Cory Arcangel on Comedy
Humor has been a prominent but under-analyzed aspect of art in the past century; the comedy impulse is strongest in the history of media appropriation and conceptual art, beginning with Duchamp's poker-faced readymades and continuing through the work of Bruce Conner, Andy Warhol, Dara Birnbaum, Ant Farm, Jeff Koons and many others. Even the very way we talk about art overlaps with laff-lingo: we call certain pieces "one-liners," value work for being "wry" or "witty," and discuss whether or not a viewer "gets it." And of course, one of the first things someone will ask who doesn't "get it" is: "Is this supposed to be a joke?"
Cory Arcangel's work has almost always played on the logic of the joke in its construction: witness his most recent exhibit, "Adult Contemporary" at Team Gallery, which includes work like Self Playing Sony Playstation 1 Bowling (2008), an old bowling game hacked to only throw gutter-balls, and Permanent Vacation (2008 version), two silver iMacs set to email each other and exchange "out of office" messages until they fill up and crash. But the line between comedy and art more or less dissolved in Arcangel's related event at the New Museum's New Silent Series, Continuous Partial Awareness. In this stand-up-style routine, Arcangel performed an hour-long monologue by reading off a huge list of his unused ideas for new artworks, ranging from "give a boring artist's talk entirely through a vocoder" to "have intern watch Lawnmower Man 10,000 times and then make a website about all the plot inconsistencies."
At the very real risk of ruining humor by critiquing it, Cory and I meet recently to discuss the relationship between comedy and art in both his work and that of others. - Ed Halter


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Mission & Learning Goals
The field of communication focuses on how people use messages to generate meanings within and across various contexts, cultures, channels, and media. As a discipline, we explore the human condition by studying how we communicate and how that communication constructs social reality, shapes human communities, influences relationships, and defines our physical environment.
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Washington's Blog
Sept 10, 2012
Bill Gross – the world's pre-eminent bond fund manager, nicknamed the "Bond King" – is the boss at Pimco, the world's largest bond fund, with $1.8 trillion dollars under management.
Gross told Bloomberg:
[There's] a diminished or dying cult of both bonds and stocks from the standpoint of a belief that they can return 10% ….
Gold can't be reproduced. It could certainly be taken out of the ground in an increasing rate but there's a limiting amount of gold.
And there has been an unlimited amount of paper money over the past 20 to 30 years and now – in this period of central bank expansion where it's QE1 or QE2, or whether it's the LTROs of the ECB or this potential new program … then central banks are at their leisure to basically print money.
Gold is a fixed commodity that has a considerable store of value that paper money has not….
When a central bank starts writing checks and printing money in the trillions of dollars, it's best to have something tangible that can't be reproduced, such as gold.
Gold … is a better investment than a bond or a stock, which probably will only return a 3 to 4 percent return over the next 5 to 10 years.
Gross doesn't believe that gold is a crowded trade at this point.
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Top 10 2010-A1-Injection
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|Consider anyone who can send untrusted data to the system, including external users, internal users, and administrators.
|Attacker sends simple text-based attacks that exploit the syntax of the targeted interpreter. Almost any source of data can be an injection vector, including internal sources
|Injection flaws occur when an application sends untrusted data to an interpreter. Injection flaws are very prevalent, particularly in legacy code, often found in SQL queries, LDAP queries, XPath queries, OS commands, program arguments, etc. Injection flaws are easy to discover when examining code, but more difficult via testing. Scanners and fuzzers can help attackers find them.
|Injection can result in data loss or corruption, lack of accountability, or denial of access. Injection can sometimes lead to complete host takeover.
|Consider the business value of the affected data and the platform running the interpreter. All data could be stolen, modified, or deleted. Could your reputation be harmed?
Am I Vulnerable To 'Injection'?
The best way to find out if an application is vulnerable to injection is to verify that all use of interpreters clearly separates untrusted data from the command or query. For SQL calls, this means using bind variables in all prepared statements and stored procedures, and avoiding dynamic queries.
Checking the code is a fast and accurate way to see if the application uses interpreters safely. Code analysis tools can help a security analyst find the use of interpreters and trace the data flow through the application. Manual penetration testers can confirm these issues by crafting exploits that confirm the vulnerability.
Automated dynamic scanning which exercises the application may provide insight into whether some exploitable injection problems exist. Scanners cannot always reach interpreters and can have difficulty detecting whether an attack was successful.
How Do I Prevent 'Injection'?
Preventing injection requires keeping untrusted data separate from commands and queries.
Example Attack Scenarios
The application uses untrusted data in the construction of the following vulnerable SQL call:
String query = "SELECT * FROM accounts WHERE custID='" + request.getParameter("id") +"'";
The attacker modifies the 'id' parameter in their browser to send: ' or '1'='1. This changes the meaning of the query to return all the records from the accounts database, instead of only the intended customer's.
http://example.com/app/accountView?id=' or '1'='1
In the worst case, the attacker uses this weakness to invoke special stored procedures in the database, allowing a complete takeover of the database host.


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Jesus Huezo (b. 1993, San Francisco, CA) joined the Creativity Explored studio in 2015. In his signature colored pencil drawings on paper, Huezo brings his favorite video game characters to life.
Huezo is particularly influenced by Disney Infinity, an action-adventure sandbox video game with characters from Disney, Star Wars, and Marvel. For the exhibition Tabula Rasa, on view at Creativity Explored March 3 through April 13, 2016, Huezo made a large-scale drawing of one of his favorite characters, Ahsoka Tano. Ahsoka Tano is the protagonist in the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and a supporting character in Star Wars Rebels.
In 2016, Huezo started to explore sculpture and papier-mâché creating a series of foods like tamales and a chili pepper.
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(This video has created some controversy in my e-mailbox. In response, please see my rant about preconceived notions of North Korea that I've dealt with since returning.<) George Orwell couldn't make this stuff up. Although there are nice parts of North Korea, some that I detail at my main photo-journal page North Korea Uncloaked, there is also some very creepy parts about the country as well.
These loudspeakers seem common in Pyongyang, and are used to organize rallies of troops across the mysterious city. We were looking out across the river from the massive Juche tower (Sorry about the camera shake. No tripod and my little camera moves around like a #$%#).
Imagine waking up to this every morning. Yes, I do think North Korea is absolutely dripping with evil. Although, the North Koreans themselves are surprisingly pleasant, good-natured people.
This was taken April 2012, shortly after their failed satellite / rocket launch.
Support my work chronicling North Korea and other places in the world by becoming a citizen photo-journalist yourself and purchasing a Canon Rebel t3i from my affiliate store below, and I'll make a tiny percentage of the sale. Buying a good DSLR was one of the best purchase decisions in my life. Even with a cheap lens, I still produce great images on the t3i because this professional grade camera has such a good sensor.


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Aliens? Come on, guys. No one actually believes aliens are coming to kill all of you humans, with your multitudinous genitalia.
I mean really, it's called XCOM: Enemy Unknown—that's uncertainty right there. Probably just weather balloons. With lasers.
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Press Release
From: XCOR Aerospace
Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2008
In this image released by XCOR, The lynx engine is shown running for the first time at XCOR's test facilities at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, CA.
December 17, 2008, Mojave, CA: XCOR Aerospace, Inc., announced today that it has successfully completed its first test fire of the rocket engine that will be used to power its Lynx suborbital launch vehicle to the edge of space.
The new engine, designated the 5K18, produces between 2500-2900 lbf thrust by burning a mixture of liquid oxygen and kerosene. The engine was fired Monday, December 15th, 2008 at XCOR's rocket test facility located at the Mojave Air and Space Port. The first test of the engine was performed using pressure-fed propellants whereas the final version of the engine will be fed using XCOR's proprietary cryogenic piston pump for liquid oxygen and a similar piston pump for kerosene.
"Today's successful hot fire marks an important step forward in building the Lynx," said XCOR CEO Jeff Greason. "The 5K18 builds on our previous experience in designing and building reliable, durable and fully reusable rocket engines from 15 lbf thrust up to 7500 lbf, that will make it possible to provide affordable access to space."
During its nine years of existence, XCOR has conducted over 3,600 hot fires of rocket engines. During this time, XCOR has built, test-fired, and flown many different engines. The 5K18 is the eleventh engine design XCOR has built and fired. All have had perfect safety records. XCOR has not had a single lost time injury due to engine operations during its nine years of existence. It has also never seen one of its engines wear out, which is in marked contrast with the experience of most of the aerospace industry. XCOR's experience also includes building rocket-powered vehicles. The company has already developed and safely flown two generations of rocket-powered aircraft. Overall, the firm has flown these vehicles 66 times, and XCOR alone accounts for more than half of all manned rocket-powered flights in the 21st century. The Lynx will mark the company's third rocket-powered vehicle, and the first designed for space access.
"Firing a new rocket engine is always an important milestone," said COO Andrew Nelson. "It gives everyone on the team a tremendous sense of accomplishment and demonstrates to customers and investors that XCOR knows how to take new ideas and make them a reality."
"The propulsion system is not only the hardest part of the launcher to design and build, it also determines every other aspect of the vehicle," said XCOR CEO Jeff Greason. "The engine's power and the amount and types of propellants it consumes determine the design and capabilities of the vehicle. There are examples in the aerospace industry where unforeseen problems forced a change of engines which then resulted in extensive redesigns of entire vehicles. By getting our rocket engines right from the beginning, XCOR reduces this type of risk."
"XCOR's revolutionary rocket engines are the heart of our vehicle design," Nelson states. "They are a disruptive technology in the space launch industry because they make it possible to deliver payloads with much higher reliability, significantly shorter lead times and dramatically lower operating costs. Our safety-enhanced engines are also easier on the environment. They will make the Lynx a game-changer in the space launch industry."
The Lynx will use four of the 5K18 engines to carry people or payloads to the edge of space. Earlier this month, XCOR announced that RocketShip Tours, of Phoenix, AZ, has begun sales of tickets for suborbital flights on the Lynx. Tickets will sell for $95,000. RocketShip Tours can be contacted via its website: www.RocketShipTours.com or phoned toll free at: 888-778-6877.
XCOR Aerospace is a California corporation located in Mojave, California. The company is in the business of developing and producing safe, reliable and reusable rocket-powered vehicles and propulsion systems that enable affordable access to space. Visit our website at http://www.xcor.com/
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With the warmer months finally here, some ladies might be ready to ditch their dark red lipstick in exchange for lighter peach and pink options. Even though nothing looks more fabulous with tan skin than a shimmering peach pout, actress Kerry Washington recently proved some reds can be equally as fabulous.
The stunning actress emphasized this point while attending the Los Angeles premiere of her latest film, "Peeples." Washington turned heads thanks to her gorgeous two-toned lips. That's right, this leading lady brought back lip liner and she somehow made it work. Washington first applied a lighter raspberry hue on her pout, adding more of the product to the middle portion of her pout. Next, she lined her lips with a slightly darker cranberry shade, rimming the top lip a bit thicker with the liner. Though this unique style might not be for everyone, it may be worth a try seeing how stellar it looked on the A-lister.
Washington's stunning lips were made even more spectacular thanks to her minimal eye makeup and her fabulous black and white striped gown. The sleek frock boasted thin straps a deep v-neckline and a knee-length style in the front with a long train flowing with every step she took.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Is Everyone Happy at AUS & UOS? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Is Everyone Happy at AUS & UOS? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> United Arab Emirates View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Nutty BobJoined: 13 May 2004Posts: 3 Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 1:06 pm Post subject: Is Everyone Happy at AUS & UOS? Why is it that I hardly ever see anything written on this board about the American University of Sharjah or the University of Sharjah? People do actually teach there, don't they? Could it be that the ELT faculty is satisfied at those institutions? No, that couldn't be it. Happy and satisfied English teachers is simply too strange a notion to comtemplate. I am confused. Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17644Location: USA Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 2:48 pm Post subject: Hi Mr Nutty, Tis a mystery why we don't see them here. You note that very few HCT people post here either. I suspect that they may be working harder?? All of the people that I know who have been or are working at AUS liked the place. It seems that few people leave and they rarely advertise, so they are getting applicants and new hires with no problems. Next year the EFL department will have a new director, as the well-liked previous director moves away from the headaches of managing EFL teachers back into the classroom. Hopefully his replacement will do as well. UOS went through massive growing pains the first few years, but things seem to have been quiet for the last couple of years. The last teacher that I knew there left before this current year. It would be great if some current staff would come on and confirm or deny my comments. VS Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> United Arab Emirates All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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Caribbean Sunset Dub – The perfect Track to deliver a positive and blissful Reggae attitude. This music is perfectly played around tropical hotels and resorts or other holiday and Reggae and Dub related projects and presentations. Kick back and relax to this Jamaican sounds.
Soundalikes :
Bob Marley, The Wailers, Peter Tosh, Black Uhuru, Burning Spear, Alpha Blondy, Laidback


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Joint Venture Partner - Optometrist - Crouch End
- Recruiter
- Specsavers
- Location
- London (Greater)
- Salary
- Competitive plus benefits
- Posted
- 11 Mar 2019
- Closes
- 08 Apr 2019
- Job Role
- Optometrist
- Sector
- Multiple Practice
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
The opportunity
Joint venture partnership is the secret to our success here at Specsavers. Owning, leading and growing your very own business is considered by many to be the pinnacle of your career as an optometrist. We believe that professional optics should be led by opticians just like you - this is your chance to become the leader you were born to be.
What's on offer?
This is an opportunity to buy shares in this established, successful and profitable business working alongside an experienced retail partner.
At Specsavers, an optom partner owns their own business. This encourages a level of autonomy you might not expect an optician to enjoy, supported by the highest quality of automated equipment. It's the perfect environment for ambitious optometrists.
As a partner, you receive a guaranteed salary as well as your share in 100% of the profits from the business.
The price to purchase the shares is confidential at this stage but once you have successfully completed the recruitment process, we will be able to provide you with all the information and support you need to take your step towards partnership. As an initial investment, we ask for a minimum of £30,000.
By joining Specsavers as an Optical Joint Venture Partner you will be able to combine your optical and entrepreneurial ambitions with the commercial strength of the market leader.
Key Information
As a Joint Venture Partner (JVP), you will lead the business with the aim of providing the very best in patient eyecare. Each partnership consists of an Optical JVP and Retail JVP who, together, will own the business taking 100% of the profits. You take care of the day-to-day running of the business and through your commitment to the highest service and professional standards, will be able to add value and grow your business.
As an optom partner at Specsavers, you'll be able to focus on creating the best clinical care journey for your customers. Our support staff can take care of IT, payroll and tax, while you get on with the work you trained so hard to perfect.
What to do next
Do you want to be part of the Specsavers success story? Do you have what it takes to join the partnership?
For more information on this opportunity, please register your interest here:
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Federal appeals panel hears arguments on VT Yankee nuclear power plant
A federal appeals panel in New York is poised to hear arguments Monday over whether Vermont's only nuclear power plant can continue to operate without approval from state regulators.
The case has drawn attention across the country since last year. A federal judge ruled that the plant can continue to operate even without state approval. The judge had said safety issues at stake in the dispute are solely the responsibility of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In 2011, that panel extended the plant's license for 20 years.
State approval expires March 21.
The Vermont Yankee plant has operated since 1972. It produces one-third of the electricity consumed by Vermont. Utilities in neighboring states buy about 45 percent of the power generated by the station.


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Emmanuelle Pérat, métier, 2015, pastel on paper
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Current exhibitions
Artists represented by Nathalie Béreau Gallery :
Baldwin & Guggisberg / Sculpture (glass) • Mats Bäcker / Photography • Béatrice Arthus-Bertrand / Sculpture • Valérie Belmokhtar / Painting, Drawing, Engravings • Caroline Bouyer / engravings • Michaël Cailloux / Engraving • Philippe du Crest / photography • Jean-Pierre Favreau / Photography • Arnaud Franc / Drawing, Painting, Engraving • Colette Grandgérard / Drawing, sculpture, installation, Engraving • Ralph Samuel Grossmann / Photography, Video • Didier Hamey / Engraving, Assemblies • Atsuko Ishii / Engraving • Carole Marchais / Sculpture, installation • Barbara Martinez / Engraving • Fabrice Montignier / Engraving • Muriel Moreau / Engraving, Installation, Video • Miki Nakamura & Jean-Michel Letellier / Suspension, sculpture in paper • Elisabeth Oulès / Sculpture • Christine Patry-Morel / Engraving • Emmanuelle Pérat / Drawing • Maryline Pomian / Sculpture, installation • Emile Savitry (1903-1967) / Photography • Tony Soulié / Photo-painting, Engraving • Isabelle Souvet-Echard / Photography • Isabelle Tournoud / Sculpture, installation
To see more about each artist, please go to the french column
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Michaël Cailloux, silk scarf, one of a kind, made in France by hand, insipred by his own engravings by etching
Nathalie Béreau created a nomadic gallery between Chinon (Loire Valley, 37) and Paris. Working with 20 artists, the Gallery is specially attentive to paper works, engravings, photographers, sculptors.
Through its activities, Nathalie Béreau gallery supports young talent and established artists.
The website of the gallery remains the link to its various activities, current exhibitions, selected works for sale.
In 2013, Nathalie Béreau was appointed to the rank of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters.
Nathalie Béreau brings his knowledge of contemporary art - École du Louvre and Sorbonne I, 12 years as a gallery assistant and during 10 years, member of an association to purchase works of artists.
Since the creation of her activity in 2004, Nathalie Béreau became a privileged interlocutor with contemporary artists, organizing exhibitions and creating projects with individuals, businesses and institutions.
In this way, the Gallery has the purpose to integrate art into a perspective of collection and communication.
Curator of contemporary art :
> Since 2008, regular partnership with 6 Mandel, Paris
> Since April 2011, - and after a gallery during 3 years in the heart of the town -, partnership with winery Pierre & Bertrand Couly in Chinon, in Loire Valley / UNESCO area : contemporary art shown in a winery !
As artistic director, art advisor (selected works of art for acquisitions, creation of Prices, and so on ...), the Gallery proposes her services.
The Gallery also develops writing for exhibitions catalogues or press releases.
Address and phone number
Nathalie Béreau helps you find solutions best adapted to :
Acquisition of original works of art of contemporary artists
Decoration of company locales and company public space (companies, hotels)
Creation of calendar events linked to the acquisition of works of art
Conception of a limited number of gifts destined for companies' clients, suppliers and collaboraters
Creation of visual aids for companies by contemporary artists : Annual report Illustrations, Greeting Cards, Business cards, calendars
Press release for media communication campaigns
Didier Hamey, Amulette serie, 2014, dry point, print on paper, n° and signed by artist
Advantages for Companies in France :
Tax advantages
Continuation of promoting company image through civil and enhancement actions (leasing of works of art)
Creation of a dynamic heritage - showing dynamism, commitment and open-mindedness on 21st century society
Some of these operations can be registered and included under the philanthropy and legal provisions of companies
In fact, in France, since 2003, attractive tax deductions are in place to allow your company to boost its image through dynamic civil committed actions and open-mindedness to the art of our times
Choosing Nathalie Béreau Gallery means :
Having a trusted interlocuteur/consultant in selecting artists
Having regular follow-ups throughout the length of operations : presentation of the works of art, organising meetings and appointments at the workshop/studio, follow-up of specific orders, invoicing, logistics, legal information
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WASHINGTON, June 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday rejected a five-year farm bill that would have cut the food stamp program by more than $20 billion.
The 195-234 vote, a blow to the Republican leadership, won 24 Democratic votes but lost 62 Republicans tallies, The Hill said.
Republicans who voted no said the farm bill was too expensive considering the country has $17 trillion in debt.
The voting board was held open by GOP leaders, delaying the final tally, The Hill.
The vote is a blow to Republican leaders who didn't put a reauthorization bill before the membership last year, and who tried this year to come up with a way to set farm policy for the next five years.
Whether a farm bill would even be brought up this year was in doubt until Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said he would vote for it.
The House vote muddies the waters about how Congress will proceed on farm policy, The Hill said. The Senate has passed a farm bill that does not cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program -- commonly known as food stamps -- as deeply as the House bill would have.


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Tsukiji is one of those places that I was always meaning to get to but never got around to it.
Probably the early morning wake up had something to do with it. If you want to see the tuna auction you have to be there at 5am. There is no pre-registration so first come, first served. Unfortunately the time we finally got there all the places were gone.
The rest of the market doesn't open proper till 9am so what the **** are you supposed to do until then? *!&! Go and eat a sushi breakfast, that's what!
There was already a line building in front of Sushi Dai. Easily recognisable by the green curtains (and the queue). As the day progressed the line would only get bigger and bigger. I'm not into sushi that has tentacles or anything of that sort. No problem! The selection they gave me was all kinds of "normal" fish.
The basic set is 2,500 yen. Quite pricey but well worth it. This was the BEST sushi I have ever tasted. Each piece felt like it was melting in my mouth, so fresh and delicious!
While I was bummed (and really, really tired) that I missed the tuna auctions, I really enjoyed checking out the rest of the market once nine rolled around.
To call it a tourist attraction feels wrong. I felt that I, actually "we" didn't belong there. I always felt like I was in the way of one of the workers. The electric cars zoom by silently with no warning or apologies. Certainly not a place to bring kids. That's for sure.
Even in this uncomfortable air, I'm glad that we can have access to this place. The fish is so fresh that there is no smell like you get in a supermarket fish section. Watching and taking photos as they worked, cutting and preparing the fish for sale was really fascinating.
If you have the chance (and can get up early enough) this place is highly recommended. Just bring some good waterproof shoes and your manoeuvring skills.
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Tsukiji Fish Market
Tsukiji is one of those places that I was always meaning to get to but never got around to it.
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Told from the point of view of Mary, mother of Jesus of Nazareth, the work takes place years after the crucifixion. She lives in hiding, with the only people aware of her identity and location being two of her son's followers, whom she deems "misfits". She recounts her perspective of her son's life and death, while she fends off her "captors", who are in the process of writing the Gospels.
There is a hint of Life of Brian (1979), as for Mary her son is not the messiah, he's just a… well, you all know the line. He is one of many rabblerousers discontent with the current order, expressing ideas and thoughts as yet unimagined.
The language is unrelentingly modern and pessimistic. In fact, many reviewers have taken issue with the work's depiction of Mary as a harsh, cynical, and cowardly old woman who condemns the change she witnesses in her son and runs before the moment of his death in order to save herself from a similar fate. But the actual text is far more sympathetic, more disparaging. True, this is not the sanctified Mary of the church, but nor is she a vile old crone. Her pessimism is not from hate, but sorrow.
A dirge of a lost life and a world destroying itself, the Testament of Mary is as enthralling as it is plaintive.


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Hi, I'm new on this board and I'm looking for photos of the lend-lease Vospers I can use for my build. Unfortunately, photos of Jacob's and Annapolis lend-lease Vospers appear to be pretty rare. I like to combine my love for history and modelling. Here's my build, not much progress so far but that is because I'm quite obsessive about getting the details right:
http://modelshipwrights.kitmaker.net/mo ... rd=&page=1
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Here's a review I did for the Illinois Entertainer a few years back.
Eleven tracks delivered in 30 minutes on How The Story Goes firmly establishes The Get Quick as masters of short, guitar-driven songs. The Philadelphia-based band works primarily in a power pop vein, but continually adds twists and turns while lead vocalist-guitarist Erik Evol spikes his songs with a wry sense of humor. On the melodic "Live Without It," he sounds like David Bowie while singing, "Your face looks like a snowflake I tracked inside." "New Plimsoles" combines surf guitar, guest musician David Fishkin's saxophone, and glam rock vocals.
"I Heard About You" shifts easily through slow and fast tempos, creating an intricate pop gem with help from guests violinist Maura Hallowell and organist Dr. Phil Watson. "Here She Comes" is a dreamy, mid-tempo look at unrequited love, while the political satire of "Lose It All" sounds like a party song set to a pounding drumbeat. Bass player Jamie Mahon adds to the selection of well-crafted pop songs on How The Story Goes with his energetic "Talk About You Today."


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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
All professional education courses leading to certification shall include teaching and assessment of the Wisconsin Teacher Standards.
Wisconsin Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure
In this column, indicate the nature of the performance assessments used in this course to evaluate student proficiency in each standard.
1.Teachers know the subjects they are teaching.
The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines she or he teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for pupils.
See Appendix C, Wisconsin Content Standards, for specific information regarding the content standards met in this course and the performance assessments used to evaluate them.
2.Teachers know how children grow.
The teacher understands how children with broad ranges of ability learn and provides instruction that supports their intellectual, social, and personal development.
Not assessed in this course.
3.Teachers understand that children learn
The teacher understands how pupils differ in their approaches to learning and the barriers that impede learning and can adapt instruction to meet the diverse needs of pupils, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities.
Group projects and class discussions take into consideration the individual differences and differing levels of learning.
4.Teachers know how to teach.
The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies, including the use of technology, to encourage children's development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
Classroom discussions dealing with the application of course content in their classes.
5.Teachers know how to manage a classroom.
The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
These are experienced teachers and the classroom discussions dealing with data gathering and handling not only provide an insight into their abilities to manage a classroom but also help others gain ideas.
6.Teachers communicate well.
The teacher uses effective verbal and nonverbal communication techniques as well as instructional media and technology to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
Individual presentations and class discussions.
7.Teachers are able to plan different kinds of lessons.
The teacher organizes and plans systematic instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, pupils, the community, and curriculum goals.
Individual projects and presentations will target specific audiences.
8.Teachers know how to test for student progress.
The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil.
Not assessed in this course.
9.Teachers are able to evaluate themselves.
The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning community and others and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.
Self reports looking over the progress of the course.
10.Teachers are connected with other teachers and the community.
The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support pupil learning and well-being and acts with integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner.
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News & Notes: Game 23
Friday, April 28, 2011 (7:05 p.m.) – Frontier Field
TV: Time Warner Cable Channel HD 713
Radio: WWKB AM 1520, bisons.com
Buffalo Bisons (9-13, 5th(-5.5), North)
RHP Jenrry Mejia (1-2, 2.59)
Rochester Red Wings (9-11, 4th(-4.5), North)
RHP Yorman Bazardo (0-1, 5.06)
TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Bisons take on the Rochester Red Wings in the final game of a four-game series from Frontier Field (7:05 p.m.). Down 2-1 in the series, the Herd needs a victory today to earn a split of the set. Following today's game, the Herd will travel to Lehigh Valley for a four-game set.
VS. RED WINGS: The Bisons are 3-4 against the Red Wings this season. The teams split a four-game set at Coca-Cola Field, April 19-21. Dating back to last season, the Bisons are 7-4 in their last 11 games at Frontier Field. With the fact that the Bisons and Wings usually play two or three-game sets, the Bisons have not lost a four-game series in Rochester since rejoining the IL in 1998.
OH JENRRY: RHP JENRRY MEJIA is looking to stop a personal two-game losing streak. The righty is 1-2 with a 2.59ERA in his first four starts of the season with a team-high 20 strikeouts. Mejia's first loss of the season came against Rochester as he allowed three runs (two earned) in 5.2 innings of work in the first game of a doubleheader on April 19 at Coca-Cola Field.
ROSTER MOVE: The Mets have activated C RONNY PAULINO from his major league injury assignment with the Bisons. Paulino hit .200 (5-25) with a double and two RBI in seven games with the Bisons. To make roster room, the Mets optioned C MIKE NICKEAS to the Bisons and he'll join the team in the coming days. Nickeas hit .214 (6-28) in seven games with the Herd in 2010.
FOUR FOR HITTING: INF RUBEN TEJADA had four hits in last night's defeat and finished a double away from the cycle. The shortstop collected both his second triple and second home run on the year. Tejada has now hit in seven of his last eight games with a .382 (13-34) average since April 21. His four-hit game was the Bisons' second of the year, matching OF FERNANDO MARTINEZ'S four-hit game on Opening Day.
BULLY FOR THE PEN: The Bisons bullpen has been extremely solid all year. Herd relievers have posted a 2.97ERA with only 64 hits allowed in 75.2 innings of work in April. Sporting very impressive ERAs are RHP JOSE DE LA TORRE (0.77), LHP JUSTIN HAMPSON (1.00), LHP TAYLOR TANKERSLEY (0.90) and RHP DALE THAYER (2.38).
METS UPDATE: The Mets (11-14) saw their six-game winning streak come to an end with a 3-2 loss to Washington last night. Still, New York took two of three from the Nationals. Former Bisons C JOSH THOLE had three hits in the defeat. The Mets are now in Philadelphia for the start of a three-game set against the rival Phillies.


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One of the most famous immortal in the 8 Immortals is Lu Dongbin (also spelled as Lu Dongpin, Lu Tong Pin, Dongbin Lu), I believe to some extent he is even more famous than Chung Li-Chuan. In fact, there are more records about Lu Dongbin than Chung Li-Chuan, and some Taoist priest consider Lu Dongbin as the leader or chief of the Eight Immortals. However, if you study the story of the Eight Immortals there are records that states that Lu Dongbin is a student or disciple of Chung Li-Chuan, thus the more common belief is that Chung Li-Chuan is the chief of the 8 Immortals and that Lu Dongbin is the de facto leader of the group. In the official counting of the Eight Immortals he usually comes third, but the chronological line-up of their names is not in any way related to their capabilities and hierarchy.
In my post about the Eight Immortals, I mentioned that they are largely considered as legendary beings this is because it is unclear whether they truly lived in the past or not. However, that is not true about Lu Dongbin. Lu Dongbin is a confirmed historical figure.
Lu Dongbin's real name is Lu Yan during the Tang Dynasty. Lu is his family name and Yan is his given name. It is largely believed that when he was born, instead of a pungent smell of blood, the room was filled with a very sweet smelling fragrant aroma. Some records states that he has always been an intelligent student with so many academic achievements.
In his older age it is said that he learned the alchemy and Tao under the guidance of Chung Li-Chuan. Some Taoist scripturess states that Lu Dongbin became a very good exorcist of people who are possessed by bad spirits. He is also able to drive aways bad chi, bad luck cause by evil spirits.
It is because of his life as mortal that when he became an immortal he is largely associated with scholastic luck. More than being an immortal that bestows scholastic luck, he is also an immortal that we can call on when we need protection from unseen forces. His secondary power is his ability to heal illnesses.
His implements are the double edged sword that he uses to slay evil spirits and a flywhisk that he uses to cure illnesses.


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With so many different entertainment options out there for your children, we at PopcornBiz thought we'd take a moment each week to dissect one piece of family entertainment strictly from a parent's perspective, so that you know what parts are appropriate for your loved ones, and which are not. This week's COVER YOUR EYES subject: "Batman."
The year 2012 is going to be broken down into two parts: the lead-up to "The Dark Knight Rises" and the reaction to it. A nuclear bomb could go off in Montreal and it still wouldn't get as much attention from the collective populace as the final installment of Christopher Nolan's hyper-serious superhero trilogy. The success of the Christian Bale Batman movies has been so massive, it's all but wiped the first series of Batman films off the pop culture radar for good. This is a shame, because there's still entertainment value to be had with Tim Burton's first "Batman" movie, starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson. Sure, it's a bit more fanciful than Nolan's vision, but that doesn't mean it's all kitsch (that came later when Joel Schumacher was put in charge). It's still a fine movie, but is it okay for your little Batman-obsessed son to watch? Let's consider a few factors.
The "Will Parents Be Able To Tolerate It?" Factor: Yes. Thanks to Keaton and Nicholson, along with Danny Elfman's big score, the first "Batman" movie (CLARIFICATION: I refer to this as the first Batman movie because the original Adam West Batman movie was a TV movie) still has plenty going for it. I was alone in a hotel a few weeks ago and this was on TNT or something, and I was more than happy to watch it for six minutes before passing out.
The Dead Parent Factor: HUGE. Not only are Bruce Wayne's parents dead, but you see them gunned down by a young, psychotic Jack Napier in a harrowing flashback sequence. So if "The Dark Knight" gave you the illusion that Tim Burton's "Batman" was somehow gentler, you're in for a surprise.
The Sexy Sex Sex Factor: Minimal. You get a drunk Vicki Vale hooking up with Bruce Wayne, and the Joker does his best to seduce her as well. But the closest thing you get to a bedroom scene is Basinger waking up after a dalliance with Batman and realizing her camera film has gone missing. That Batman. So charming when he's violating your civil liberties!
The Scare Factor: There are big scares to be had here, including the first scene where Batman is the one jumping out of the shadows to commit wanton acts of violence. There are also any number of smaller, creepier moments, like Napier's tumble into a pit of green acid, the Joker mutilating Jerry Hall's face, and the Joker poisoning citizens of Gotham so that they die smiling. Again, the movie is loaded with macabre moments like those. You could argue that Nolan's first Batman feature, "Batman Begins," isn't anywhere near as scary as this.
The Violence Factor: Also big. There are shooting deaths, assassinations, electrocutions, acid baths, and even a touch of genocide, with the Joker gassing a packed Gotham crowd. This is all done with a minimal amount of blood, but the bodies stack up quickly.
Age Range: 12 and up. This older Batman isn't any more kid-friendly than the Nolan films. For younger children, you're much better off going with the old Adam West shows. "Remember the Bat-tusi?"


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Top Ten Gift Ideas for Administrative Professionsals Day!
Anyone who's ever worked in (or even seen) an office knows these multi-tasking staff members certainly deserve to be celebrated. And since 1952, when the day first started as a campaign to find more skilled workers, Administrative Professionals Day has become a top work celebration—right up there with birthdays and holidays.
So, how should you commemorate the day? Let's take a look at the best gifts to give…and, perhaps even more importantly, what isn't office-appropriate.
Top Ten Favorites:
- A card. Either by itself or with a gift, a card is not only a thoughtful and appropriate choice, but it can also be creatively customized. If you haven't gotten anything yet, BlueMountain.com can instantly deliver!
- Lunch. At a favorite restaurant…or catered and shared with the staff.
- Flowers or Plants. A touch of nature will brighten the day and improve the office environment.
- Fruit Bouquet. Both a healthy and tasteful treat! Or try a delicious Mrs Fields Cookie gift from bluemountain.com!
- Gift Card. Make this practical present more personal by choosing her/his favorite restaurant or store. A spa gift card/certificate is excellent for stress relief.
- The latest electronic gadget. Or a stylish cover/case for the gadget they've already got.
- A personalized tote—big enough to fit a purse, lunch and the aforementioned hi-tech gadgets, all in one handy place.
- Gift baskets…with a theme. You'll be amazed at how creative you can get with just a few clicks online.
- A money tree! A great last-minute surprise—and who wouldn't want one of these?
- A paid day off. If you have the power, this is a great way to use it.
A Few Gifts to Avoid:
- The Overly Personal. Lingerie is obvious, but perfume also falls into this category. Even certain flowers can be misunderstood, so pick your bouquet carefully.
- The Appearance Improver. Sure, a gym membership is generous, but it could be considered insulting. And nose trimmers are a definite no-no!
- The Company Rule-Breaker. If alcohol isn't allowed at the office, then it's not an appropriate gift. Same goes for pets. No living creatures qualify…even if you feel like you work in a zoo!
Of course a bluemountain.com ecard or postcard is a perfect way to let your administrative professional know how much they're appreciated and we have a great selection to choose from!


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Justin Bieber Cancels Concert: New Blow for Teen Star After 'Rough Week' (VIDEO)
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has canceled a concert that was set to take place next week, disappointing thousands of fans who were hoping to catch the Canadian crooner live.
The canceled concert is Tuesday's gig in Lisbon, Portugal, and the announcement comes after Bieber concluded a difficult week in London in which he admitted things had been rough.
The pop star has been in London throughout the week for a series of gigs at the O2 arena in east London, however, not everything has gone to plan and a number of controversial reports have engulfed the star over his visit.
The week started off badly when Bieber angered thousands of his fans on Monday when he reportedly turned up nearly two hours late on stage for his concert.
That incident was followed a few days later by a health scare when Bieber was said to have had trouble breathing on stage, with some reports even stating that the singer collapsed on stage. Bieber had to be given medical attention off stage, before returning to complete his gig to the delight of his fans. He later visited a hospital to get a thorough check up.
But the rough week was not over; he also was reported to be acting in a "peculiar" way with some eye-witnesses claiming to have seen him jumping between cars near the O2 arena after one of his concerts.
In another incident during the week he was also involved in a angry confrontation with a photographer, with a foul mouthed exchange taking place between the pair.
Music promoters , "Everything is New," has released a statement on its website explaining that Bieber had canceled his Tuesday Lisbon ogg "due to unforeseen circumstances."
However, the note did also confirm that the pop star was still keen to complete his concert scheduled for Monday.
In another twist, one Portuguese newspaper has suggested that although the first date on Monday had been sold out, the Tuesday concert had an insufficient sale of tickets and that is the real reason the Tuesday concert had been canceled.
Here is video footage of Justin Bieber's O2 concert this week where he suffered breathing difficulties and required medical attention:


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President George H.W. Bush was taken to his final resting place on board of a custom-painted Union Pacific Locomotive 4141 train car. The train slowed down during its 70-mile journey from Spring, Texas to College station, to allow onlookers to pay their final respects to the 41st president.
Bush will be interred near his wife, Barbra, and their three-year-old daughter who died from Leukemia in 1953 on the grounds of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, on the Texas A&M University campus.
Before his casket was placed on the train, Bush was remembered by family and friends during a funeral at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston.
James Baker, who was Bush's secretary of state and chief of staff, delivered the first eulogy during the service and said that Bush "was a leader and he knew it."
"He understood that humility toward, and not humiliation of, a fallen adversary was the very best path to peace."
The former president's oldest grandson George Prescott Bush shared stories from his childhood, fondly remembering the time he spent with "Gampy" and "Ganny" when he could get the chance.
"In a typical day, he'd wake up around 5 a.m. to review security briefings and grab his first coffee of the day. When the coast was clear all the grandkids would try our best to snag a spot on the bed and nestle up between him and 'Ganny' while they read the paper."
Bush was honored during a state funeral on Wednesday, which President Donald Trump declared to be a National Day of Mourning.
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William White is a senior adviser to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and heads the OECD's Economic and Development Review Committee. He is making waves with a recent, fairly scathing, critique of various nations' central banks. According to White, Central banks' excessively liberal monetary policies are putting the global economy at risk, and he wants things to change.
Many central banks, including the ones in the United States and Japan, have been following policies that include things like negative interest rates, quantitative-easing programs, and others intended to bolster economies and speed growth. However, White believes these programs may have unintended side effects, including higher debt levels for both the government and its consumers.
White believes these problems are the natural consequence of shifting central banks' focus from their normal task of monitoring inflation and asking them to help governments find ways to generate sustainable growth.
"The objective of that policy has changed totally -- it's trying to stimulate aggregate demand and the honest truth is that it's not capable of doing that in a sustainable way," White said in an interview with Bloomberg. "If people thought we were in a period of deleveraging that would set the scene for a period of robust growth. We haven't even started yet."
White points to investor expectations on banks around the world as evidence supporting his position. In Europe, Central Bank President Mario Draghi expects to ease its policy on the euro in March because of the slump in oil prices and the ensuing reduction in inflation. Similarly, the Bank of England has retreated from earlier assertions that it would increase interest rates.
The US Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) is also no longer expected to raise rates later this year. Meanwhile bond yields in Japan fell below zero for the first time ever on Tuesday after the central bank created a negative interest rate on bank reserves.
White said he and the OECD are skeptical about the benefits of these various strategies because they believe that these tactics create an undue strain on the banking system. "Negative rates on reserves are actually squeezing bank profits, and this is something we don't want in these circumstances, we want them to build up their capital buffers ... This is all experimental."
Rather than these approaches, White and the OECD suggest the better approach would be to have national governments with sufficient budget margins to boost spending. He also believes nations should focus on growing wages, rather than tinkering with different models of financing.
The OECD believes global wages remain too low. Structural reforms to boost growth and increase wages would cause a bigger boost to economic development, and systematically paying down debts should have a more positive impact on the global economy, he asserts.


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Senate approves plan to reopen Iowa Juvenile Home
The Iowa House has rejected a Senate amendment to the health and human services budget that would have reopened the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo. The House action Tuesday morning sends the bill to a conference committee where members of both parties will work out the differences in the bill.
The Senate Monday evening passed it along party lines with only Democratic support. The Republican-led House rejected it on a voice vote only.
Democratic House Minority Leader Mark Smith says it's important to provide the services to some of the state's most troubled youth.
Rep. David Heaton, a Mount Pleasant Republican, says the funding in the bill may be inadequate to reopen the home, which was closed by Gov. Terry Branstad following allegations that delinquent girls were being mistreated.


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Monday, September 19, 2011
2011 Street Rodder Road Tour VisitFiled under Vehicles
On the morning of Wednesday September 14th, 30 classic vehicles participating in the Amsoil/Street Rodder Road Tour stopped by the Flaming River HQ for coffee, pastries, and a tour of our facility.
We invited the Road Tour participants in to our shop where we gave them a tour of our Car Corral and showroom and then took them into the shop to meet our team, show them our products, and give them a look at the manufacturing processes that happen right here in Berea, OH.
We're honored to be the official steering sponsor of the Road Tour Car each year and we're always excited when it makes its way through our part of town. We really enjoy meeting the friendly folks on the tour and showing off our facility and products, but we especially love taking a look at all of their killer cars before they pack up and continue on to the next stop on their trip!
Check out some of the pictures from their visit, and visit our Facebook page for a full photo gallery with over 60 pictures from that day. Jerry Dixey, of Street Rodder Magazine, also posted his own recap and video on their website detailing the time they spent at Flaming River.
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The USS Galicia was a Federation Galaxy-class command cruiser starship in Starfleet service in the 24th century. (TNG video game: Birth of the Federation)
- No specific history or definitive final fate was established for this vessel as its name was selected for a cruiser by the game developers, and is placed randomly when the ship appears.
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